Detection of cytolethal distending toxin activity and cdt genes in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans isolates from geographically diverse populations

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 231-238

  Fabris, A S ^a   Dirienzo, J M ^b   Wikstrom M ^c   Mayer, M P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; cdt genes; Cytolethal distending toxin; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DENTAL PLAQUE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; KENYA; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0036056376     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2002.170405.x     Document Type: Article

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